States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are sicker than anticipated and ...

AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of ...

Under a managed care arrangement, Medicaid MCOs determine the rates they pay providers for inpatient hospital services.

Valentino Valdez was given his birth certificate, his Social Security card, a T-shirt, and khaki pants when he was released from a Texas prison in 2019 at age 21. But he didn't have health insurance, ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

“This bill is really exciting because it’s Georgia’s first bipartisan legislation that would close Georgia’s coverage gap,” said Colbert, executive director of Georgians for a Healthy Future. The ...

Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has ...

A new rule requires insurers to improve coverage of PrEP, which can prevent HIV, but Georgians face challenges getting the ...

Latonia Wilkins knows she needs to be on PrEP due to her non-monogamous lifestyle. But the 52-year-old Atlanta mother has faced repeated challenges getting the lifesaving drug that can prevent new HIV ...

Other states have made similar investments. The University of Georgia, for example, has established a new medical school, ...

There’s a large gray cloud hanging over Medicaid expansion right now, and that’s because there’s so much uncertainty about ...

More than 50 cancer advocates – including patients, survivors, and caregivers – will travel to the Georgia State Capitol ...